Nadderud is a district in eastern

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. It was formerly farmland under one of Bærum's larger farms, named Nadderud, but since the 1950s it has been built up with housing, several schools and sporting facilities. The best known facility, which has made the name Nadderud nationally known, is the stadium

Nadderud stadion Nadderud stadion is a multi-purpose stadium at Nadderud near Bekkestua, in Bærum, Norway. Association football It is currently used mostly for track and field meets and football matches, and is the home ground of the Norwegian Toppserien ...

. Parts of the district Nadderud have been absorbed by the growing suburban centre Bekkestua.

Geography

Today's meaning of Nadderud is the district north and west of Bekkestua, northeast of Gjønnes, east of

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. Most of the Nadderud Watershed ( no, Nadderudvassdraget) has been led underground through a pipe system. One creek, Eiksbekken/Gravsbekken, originates north of

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, and portions of it still exist. Another creek, Nadderudbekken, originated at

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during the winter, but exists no more. Another minor creek originated at Lønnås, and another creek Hoslebekken originated at Hosle. This is the only other significant portion of the watershed which is still visible. The confluence of the three main creeks is south of Gjønnes farm. After this, much of the riverbed is used as a pedestrian road between Gjønnes and the road ''Kirkeveien'' at

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Monastery before the

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, then to the crown before getting a private owner from 1663, Jens Paulsen Grav. He was succeeded as owner by his son-in-law, and during this time the farm was a

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seat as well.

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burning was also conducted. Limestone was notably delivered to Akershus Fortress in 1629, to

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in 1634 and to the

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in 1827. In the 1750s the farm was split into Upper and Lower Nadderud. Lower Nadderud was sold in 1900 to a trade union, and was built up under the name Egne Hjem (from 1902), except for the property Bjerkelunden which became a small park. Upper Nadderud remained a farm, most notably under the ownership of Hans Burum from 1911 to his death in 1925. The farm had livestock, and also grew rare vegetables and fruits such as

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and

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, which proved especially important during

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. The farm had eight horses, eighteen cattle and 25 sheep in 1826, and in 1939 the farm had four horses, 40 cattle and 365 swine. Farming at Nadderud was drastically reduced in the 1950s, and large parts of the farmland was sold. Villas were built, but also schools and sporting facilities. Several sub-farms were originally part of Nadderud. The most notable is Presterud, located on the southern outskirts of Nadderud, close to Gjønnes farm. In modern times it had a

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, and 20

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s of cultivated land. It has now been absorbed by Bekkestua.

Sports

Nadderud stadion-2007-Mannschaftsaufstellung

The district is nationally known for

, the combined

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(used by Stabæk women, formerly Stabæk men,

men and Jardar women) and

track and field athletics Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of ...

stadium. It was finished in 1966. The stadium is a part of a greater sports park. Nadderudhallen is a large complex mainly used for

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(used by

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and

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has its own sports facilities, but is planning a new indoor venue adjacent to Nadderudhallen. There are two

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football fields named ''Nadderud kunstgress'', and two grass fields named ''Nadderudfeltet'' and ''Bekkestuabanen'' respectively. The latter has been used as a training field by

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. Between the stadium and the hall is found a

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, used by the club Eiksmarka TK. Arena Bekkestua is an indoor venue for

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and the like (and is also a minor concert hall). As an athletics stadium, Nadderud stadion has no warm-up field, but

IL Tyrving Idrettslaget Tyrving is a Norwegian sports club from Bærum, founded in 1922. It has sections for athletics and orienteering. It is named after Tyrfing in Norse mythology. IL Tyrving uses the stadium Nadderud stadion, and hosts the annual ''Tyrvi ...

operates a field for

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and

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adjacent to ''Bekkestuabanen'', because holding these events at Nadderud stadion is not compatible with maintaining a top-level football pitch.

Education

Schools

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was established in 1958, not far from Gjønnes farm, under the name ''Nadderud''. Politicians agreed to building the school in 1957, but it was only intended to last for five years. It had 326 students in 1958, 547 in 1965 and existed until 2004. In 2004 it was replaced by a new school between Gjønnes and Haslum; the name Nadderud was kept. Oslo International School was established in 1963, but has not been located at Nadderud all the time, and got its current name in 1989. It is both a primary school, lower secondary school and upper secondary school with the

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program. A lower secondary school not far from Nadderud farm was established on 18 September 1968, under the name ''Bekkestua''. Its size has shrunken from 662 students in 1970 to 372 students in 2005. NTG og NKI

In 2003 the

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( no, Norges Toppidrettsgymnas, NTG), which is not a college but an upper secondary school with sports, was moved from

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to a site near Nadderud farm. Already in 2004 a lower secondary school, NTG-U, was added.

Higher education

The Norwegian College of Elite Sport was co-located with ''

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'', an institution for remote education which moved to Nadderud from

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in 1989. NKI stands for "Norsk kunnskapsinstitutt". NKI decided to move from Nadderud to Oslo in 2012. Connected to NKI is the school

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, which was created in 1995, but moved to Oslo in 2003. Another related school ''Næringsakademiet'' was discontinued in 2007, the same year when all above institutions were bought by the company

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. On the address of the Norwegian College of Elite Sport and NKI, ''Hans Burums vei 30'', the

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was located from 1979 until 1988 when it moved to

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Transport

A bus connection between Nadderud and

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has existed since 1952. The district is today served directly by lines 131 and 732 of

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's bus network, with many more operating from nearby Bekkestua; as well as the airport shuttle bus ''Flybussekspressen'' run by NOR-WAY Bussekspress. Nadderud is not directly served by rail transport;

Bekkestua Station Bekkestua is a station and tram stop that is served both by Oslo Metro on Kolsås Line and Oslo Tramway on Lilleaker Line situated at Bekkestua in Bærum, Norway. It is the terminus of the Lilleaker Line for tramway. Located between Ringstabekk a ...

is the most proximate

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station after Egne Hjem Station.

References

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